1 Announcement
**************

The GNUstep Base Library, version 1.30.0, is now available.

1.1 What is the GNUstep Base Library?
=====================================

The GNUstep Base Library is a library of general-purpose, non-graphical
Objective C objects.  For example, it includes classes for strings,
object collections, byte streams, typed coders, invocations,
notifications, notification dispatchers, moments in time, network ports,
remote object messaging support (distributed objects), and event loops.

   It provides functionality that aims to implement the non-graphical
portion of the OpenStep standard (the Foundation library).

   There is more information available at the GNUstep homepage at
'http://www.gnustep.org'.

1.2 Noteworthy changes in version '1.30.0'
==========================================

   * Library version changed from 1.29 to 1.30

   * autogsdoc (and many source/header files) updated for ObjC-2 support
   * gdnc gspath spelling error fixes
   * GSFileHandle remove handle from run loop when -dealloc is called
   * GSHTTPURLHandle close socket if we end loading with I/O in
     progress.
   * GSMimeDocimnet optimisations
   * GSPrivateSymbolPath() portability improvements
   * GSVersionMacros add GS_UNIMPLEMENTED to mark unimplemented methods
   * HTMLLinker man page groff warning fixed
   * Make GSTcpTune options available to streams as well as file handles
     and improve debug logging for stream operations.
   * NSBundle improvements in librarym bundle lookup
   * NSCache thread safety fix
   * NSData caching data of file URLs and OSX consistency tweak to
     permissions when writing file atomically
   * NSDate implements +now constructor.
   * NSDecimalNumber fix possible coimparison bug for zero values
   * NSError -description and -localizedDescription formats match OSX
   * NSException portability improvments
   * NSFileManager makeed safety fix and make enumerating a file URL
     return URLs rather than paths.
   * NSIndexSet implements enumerateRangesInRange convenience methods.
   * NSISO8601DateFormatter.m: bugfix for date/time string generation
   * NSJSONSerialization fix memory leak, fix issue with unicode
     surrogate pairs.
   * NSKeyValueObserving Add methods to remove observers
   * NSLocale Fix -countryCode incorrectly returning language code, fix
     for hyphen and underscore in locale identifier
   * NSMessagePort remove restriction on Distributed Objects message
     length
   * NSNotificationCenter fix for memory leak, minor bugfixes (use
     before initialise)
   * NSNull fix for -valueForUndefinedKey: to return singleton
   * NSNumberFormatter make minimum/maximum properties NSNumbers
   * NSObject optimise allocation with new runtime library
   * NSOperation fix occasional scheduling bug
   * NSOrderedSet Fix keyed encoding to match Apple platforms.
   * NSPathUtilities fix intialisation order deadlock.
   * NSPredicate fix for array access keywords
   * NSProcessInfo android support
   * NSString correct class used when loading empty string from
     file/URL, implements regular expression search methods.
   * NSTask return an error if the path to launch in is bad, use _exit
     to terminate forked process if needed, use closefrom() to close
     descriptors in child process if possible
   * NSTimer wrap call to block in exception handler (bug #289)
   * NSTimeZone improvements
   * NSURL Fix NSURL path on Windows for UNC paths.
   * NSURLRequest: Support deleting using setValue:forHTTPHeaderField:
     with nil value.
   * NSURLSession many bugfixes and improvements
   * NSUserDefaults fix potential deadlock
   * NSXMLElement bugfix to remove previous attributes when setting
     attributes.
   * NSXMLNode returns NSError on failure to evaluate xpath expression.

1.3 Where can you get it? How can you compile it?
=================================================

The gnustep-base-1.30.0.tar.gz distribution file has been placed at
<ftp://ftp.gnustep.org/pub/gnustep/core>.

   It is accompanied by gnustep-base-1.30.0.tar.gz.sig, a PGP signature
which you can validate by putting both files in the same directory and
using:

     gpg --verify gnustep-base-1.30.0.tar.gz.sig

   Signature has been created using the key with the following
fingerprint:

     83AA E47C E829 A414 6EF8  3420 CA86 8D4C 9914 9679

   Read the INSTALL file or the GNUstep-HOWTO for installation
instructions.

1.4 Where do I send bug reports?
================================

Please log bug reports on the GNUstep project page
<http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=gnustep> or send bug reports to
<bug-gnustep@gnu.org>.

1.5 Obtaining GNUstep Software
==============================

Check out the GNUstep web site.  (<http://www.gnustep.org/>) and the GNU
web site.  (<http://www.gnu.org/>)
